Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ brings more compute power to small DIY devices
For years, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has churned out two primary types of small computers: less powerful ones sized like a deck of cards,...
Enter the Hit Your Mark Hitman 2 Giveaway
Presented by Intel Hitman 2 is back, and the second entry into the fray not only boasts an opportunity to kill the endlessly killed...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with light theme, improvements to snipping and printing
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with a light theme and improvements to snipping, printing, Windows Update, brightness, and Narrator. This build...
Esports monetization is set to evolve in new, amazing ways (VB Live)
The esports industry relies on the legacy sports broadcast model for monetization, but there are new, advanced interactive technologies on the scene bringing amazing...
You Are Jeff Bezos postmortem
Last month, I published a small Twine game called You Are Jeff Bezos. In it, you wake up in the body of Amazon CEO...
Samsung reportedly plans Project Whare Cloud service and AR headset
Until now, Samsung’s mixed reality efforts have been largely focused on virtual reality headsets such as Gear VR and the Odyssey HMD, but the...
Worldscale VR is exciting … and maybe dangerous
Oculus formally unveiled the Oculus Quest last month. It’s a 6DoF (6 degrees of freedom) standalone headset, meaning no tethers and no external computer. Yet...
How esports can use new monetization models to reach new heights (VB Live)
Money is pouring into esports and companies are taking note. In this special VB Live event, our panel of experts will discuss traditional monetization...
OpenAI made a system that’s better at Montezuma’s Revenge than humans
Artificial intelligence (AI) can generate synthetic scans of brain cancer, simultaneously translate between languages, and teach robots to manipulate objects with humanlike dexterity. And...
Oculus reportedly plans Rift S, a small PC VR upgrade that’s not Rift 2
When news broke last week that Oculus cofounder Brendan Iribe was departing the company, the Facebook-owned VR headset maker was quick to claim that...